Thing #9

I found this to be kind of weird as it seems that all this thing and a few of the others are, is different ways to do the same thing, such as creating a presentation, although I have to admit that gmail has a very effective way of filing, storing and archiving emails. I wish the library's groupwise was designed as well. I did gmail doc sharing and while I did it I wasn't that impressed.

Thing #8

This has been the most interesting so far. I made a Picture Trail slowslide show of a number of photos of an antique brass baby bed that I picked up at Gold Rush this past August in Rochester, Mn. It was in a pile of pieces laying on the ground. I new it would be missing some pieces but wasn't sure how many until I rigged it up on a work surface in my garage. It is missing one brass tube and three iron rails. The pictures are also the way I will have to put it back together after I completely dismantle the bed.

The major problem I will have is to locate the three rails. They don't reproduce the pieces and the cast iron ends can't be faked as they taper and slide into other pieces. So, I am now looking for and old iron baby crib that I can rob the rails from, I can cut the length down and weld the pieces back together but really need the ends. Anybody got an old rusty antique iron baby crib they want to get rid of???

Thing #7

It seems to me that Cell phone, email, IM and SMS are just different ways to do the same thing, communicate and that choice depends on age and how much you like gadgets. The phone company seems to get the best deal monetarily. The library uses email constantly and it definitely allows us to keep in touch and share information. Personally I would rather talk face to face. I think you pick up a lot of information by observing people when you interact with them. Phone is my second choice and i would guess that IM and SMS will be things I use very seldom. I sit in on a monthly web conference and get frustrated by the fact you really only see what the camera sees and hear what the mike picks up. I spend two hours and reallly only know who is at the table in camera range and depending on how good the mike is, loose a fair amount of the conversation. It cuts down on travel time but I feel I would be farther ahead being in the same room.

Thing #6

This is my trading card for Thing #6. This was fun but I think I need to get some more pictures

Thing #5

This was a little weird. I played around, tracked photos of tools by searching the tag TOOLS, then I created my name using Flickr free photos. It is at the bottom of the blog page.

Thing #4

I have a picture will post it from Flickr now

Thing #3

Found out that I have been collecting things through RSS since january and have over 1300 to read through. Did add unshelved. Fun now that I understand it. need a week of vacation to catch up in my reading.